Praise for the first edition:. 'There is much to be commended in Alderson's book, … It is written with clarity and passion and adopts a child-centred perspective, and most of Alderson's points are well backed up with appropriate, illustrative, research and practice examples. …'. - Child Abuse Review Vol. 11: 124-132 (2002). 'This book will prove invaluable to any who are involved in research or professional practice with children. It is also carefully and quietly making 'child-citizens' thinkable. A final commendation is that it takes the 'tough' cases of young children and babie.    Read more...      Content: Children's provision rights -- Children's protection rights -- Children's participation rights -- Young children as people -- Beliefs and feelings about consulting young children -- Methods and levels of involving young children -- Consulting young children and taking risks -- Working together : sharing decisions and responsibility -- The key messages from the evidence and experience. Abstract:                           Examines the issue of the rights of young children, starting with the question of how the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child applies to the youngest children, from birth to eight years of age. This work discusses the question of finding a balance between young children's rights to protection, provision and participation.                 Read more...

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